Drover’s Rest

Located along the north side of Georgetown Pike in Fairfax County, Drover’s Rest is a one-and-a-half story vernacular-style dwelling built in ca. 1757 to 1785 by prominent landowner Bryan Fairfax, […]

Bois Doré

Located in Fairfax County on the highest point of rolling, wooded hills above the Potomac River, Bois Doré, completed in 1951, is important for its architecture and its two designers: […]

U.S. Geological Survey National Center

The U.S. Geological Survey National Center is a major federal headquarters campus located in the greater Washington, D.C. area.  The development of the USGS National Center is closely associated with […]

Woodlawn Cultural Landscape Historic District

In Fairfax County, the Woodlawn Cultural Landscape Historic District began as a 2,000-acre plantation owned by George Washington that he gave to his ward, Eleanor Parke Custis, and her husband. The acreage […]

Mount Vernon High School

Completed in 1939, Fairfax County’s Original Mount Vernon High School was constructed under the federally-funded Public Works Administration (PWA) program. To accommodate the need to update public school facilities, as […]